Below are some references and resources that are useful in developing and writing scholarly research projects and reports.
APA FORMAT
The Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association (APA) is a guide for writers in the social and behavioral sciences. It provides important direction for those writing research papers.
The Purdue University Online Writing Lab provides online sources of guidance towards compliance with the APA style.
Purdue Online Writing Lab:
Sample Paper:
HELP WITH GRAMMAR
Quill.org is a website with resources that can assist writers in diagnosing, proofreading and correcting errors:
Grammarly is a free resource that can also be a browser add-on
"Have" or "Has":
From Writing Explained
TYPES OF RESEARCH
What type of research are you conducting?
Two general categories of scholarly research are quantitative and qualitative, with many variations and subcategories under each. Familiarize yourself with research methods at the following sites from various sources:
What is Qualitative Research?
What is Quantitative Research?
What is Multimethod Research?
THESIS WRITING
What is a thesis and how do I write one?
Writing a Thesis Statement:
https://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/545/01/
Thesis Statements:
https://writingcenter.unc.edu/tips-and-tools/thesis-statements/
Thesis Builder by Tom March. An interesting and fun tool to get started experimenting with writing a thesis statement:
A simple Outline Maker (not quite in keeping with APA style) from Holly Samuels:
Chapters in a Research Report
Typically, there are five major chapters of a Research Report:
1. Introduction
2. Review of Literature
3. Methods
4. Results
5. Discussion
Within each of the above chapters, there are usually subheadings that further discuss each chapter topic.
Dr. J. Patrick Biddix provides a nice discussion of research reports:
LITERATURE REVIEW
Purposes of the literature review:
Provides historical background on your topic
Provides larger context as to where your research fits into your discipline
Gives the contemporary context in which your research is situated
Introduces theories on which your research is based
Defines technical terms or jargon
Demonstrates how your research will help fill a gap in prior research
GLOSSARY OF RESEARCH TERMS
http://libguides.usc.edu/writingguide/researchglossary
WHAT ARE LIMITATIONS AND DELIMITATIONS?
Limitations described by the USC Libraries Research Guide:
http://libguides.usc.edu/writingguide/limitations
Marilyn Simon and Jim Goes provide information about limitations and delimitations:
http://www.dissertationrecipes.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/limitationscopedelimitation1.pdf
DEFENDING A THESIS OR DISSERTATION
Below are links to websites that include some of the possible questions that might be asked of someone who is defending a thesis or dissertation:
Rafael, C. (October 14, 2014). How to Ace the 25 most common project defense questions. ResearchClue.com. https://nairaproject.com/blog/25-common-project-defense-questions.html
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